Ebook: The law of the land: a grand tour of our constitutional republic
Author: Amar Akhil Reed
- Tags: Constitutional law, Constitutional law--U.S. states, Constitutional law--United States, Constitutional law--United States--States, Constitutions--U.S. states, Constitutions--United States--States, Law--U.S. states, Law--United States--States, Constitutional law -- United States -- States, Constitutions -- United States -- States, Law -- United States -- States, Constitutional law -- United States, Constitutional law -- U.S. states, Constitutions -- U.S. states, Law -- U.S. states, United States
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Basic Books
- City: United States
- Language: English
- epub
From Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may be united under one Constitution, separate and distinct states remain, each with its own constitution and culture. Geographic idiosyncrasies add more than just local character. Regional understandings of law and justice have shaped and reshaped our nation throughout history. America's Constitution, our founding and unifying document, looks slightly different in California than it does in Kansas.
In The Law of the Land, renowned legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar illustrates how geography, federalism, and regionalism have influenced some of the biggest questions in American constitutional law. Writing about Illinois, “the land of Lincoln," Amar shows how our sixteenth president's ideas about secession were influenced by his Midwestern upbringing and outlook. All of today's Supreme Court justices, Amar notes, learned their law in the Northeast, and New Yorkers...